I did a whois on the old domain, it sounds like squatters. I see your new domain under your name. If you don't want your address, phone number, etc. there, then its usually an extra charge for privacy. Otherwise also you get spammed at the registered email address.
On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) <eactiv...@comcast.net> wrote: > You now sound like one of those parents in a Peanuts cartoon. > > Waaa, waaa, waaaa. (unintelligible) > > In other words, you are talking over my head. > > M aka D :-) > > > On 5/10/2017 1:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: >>> >>> Okay, squatters, nice to know, Larry. >>> >>> When you go to the original sites, it says someone is willing to sell >>> this domain name. >>> >>> You're probably right, the hosting site could have done it. >> >> >> Have you done a whois on the domain name? >> >> What was the old domain? >> >>> >>> One thing, though, even with .org and .com changes, all my old files are >>> still there, so just moving them over. >> >> >> Don't even need to move the files, just update DNS so the new domain >> name points to them. >> >>> >>> What a relief!!! >>> >>> Marnie aka Doe :-) >>> >>> On 5/10/2017 12:48 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>>> >>>> Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Domain name scammers! >>>> >>>> >>>> Actually, the term is squatters. It's often the registrars themselves >>>> that do it, because it doesn't cost them any money. >>>> >>>> For historical reasons (the name of my first xenix box was limited to 7 >>>> characters), when my email went from a bang path >>>> ucscc.ucsc.edu!red4est!lrc, to domains red4est.felton.ca.us, I then >>>> registered red4est.com rather than redforest.com. By the time the web >>>> became popular enough, someone else had registered redforest.com and >>>> when it lapsed a squatter had taken it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Marnie aka Doe :-) > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. Dorothea Lange -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
